Jane Little, Assistant Principal Bass Emeritus, was a charter member in 1945 of the original Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra, the forerunner of the ASO. She joined after two years of studying bass in high school and has since played under all three of the orchestra's Music Directors and such guest conductors as Igor Stravinsky, Aaron Copland, Pierre Monteux, Leopold Stokowski, Sir John Barbirolli, and James Levine.
An Atlanta native, she attended the University of Georgia and studied for four years with the principal bass player of the Chicago Symphony. She was Principal Bass with the Theater of the Stars orchestra for 15 years and has played extensively with regional ballet and opera companies, as well as in touring performances of the American Ballet Theatre, the Covent Garden Ballet, and the Boris Goldovsky Opera Theatre. Ms. Little's instrument is a rare Carlo Giuseppi Testore bass (ca. 1705).